Take Me Back to the 80's

Directed by Stephen Herek Released February 17, 1989 Written by Chris Matheson & Ed Solomon Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "Two seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine." So the easiest way to explain this film is to just watch this honest trailer. There we go, blog done. That's all you need to know. Well the trailer is pretty accurate in terms of the kind of movie this is. In simple terms, it is a typical "dude" film. Not in terms of it being two guys together, but in the stereotyping and characterization of the high school slacker/dumb/surfer/stoner/band guy. Where the word dude is used more than actual words out of the character's mouth. It is the type of film that needs very little brain power and a lot of reliance on jokes based on stupidity. Now that isn't me saying that the film is necessarily stupid, I just mean in terms of joke...

Directed by Cameron Crowe Released April 14th, 1989 Written by Cameron Crowe Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college." Okay, I am going to admit, I think this is one of the most overrated 80s movies. People seem to remember this movie for the simple fact of the iconic boombox scene. But I bet most people don't even remember the name of this movie or the plot, they just remember the boombox scene and automatically remember it as a great movie. Well it's not! Let's start off with the iconic boombox scene. Seems like a fair place to start.   First of all, this scene is so anti-climatic! It had potential to be great and iconic, but it fell so flat. Using the song that they made love to for the first time, yes. Coming to her house to prove that he cares about her and wants to be with her, yes. But what was accomplished? Nothing. She jus...

Directed By Tony Scott Released May 16th, 1986 Written by Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr., Ehud Yonay, &Warren Skaaren Movie Synopsis Courtesy of IMDB "As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be the best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructors that are not taught in the classroom." Let's see if I remember how to do this. It has been awhile since my last blog.  Well for starters, as I have pointed out in many of my other blogs, a movie starts from the second the opening credits begin. Even though they are just opening credits, this is the time to get amerced in the world of the movie. So if a movie is not setting you up with the credits then they are not doing their job of getting you ready for the film and getting you, the viewer, into the right mindset for the film. With that said, Tony Scott made a great choice for the opening credit scene. The music used was s...